Vermont
Legal team of Tufts student arrested by ICE cheers case being moved to Vt.
The legal team of the Tufts graduate student who was arrested by ICE celebrated the decision by a federal judge on Friday to continue the case in Vermont instead of Louisiana.
“Today’s ruling brings us one step closer to restoring Rümeysa Öztürk’s rights, and sends a clear message that the government cannot manipulate jurisdiction in order to target human rights defenders, in violation of their First Amendment rights,” Mahsa Khanbabai of Khanbabai Immigration Law said in a statement.